Container closure



Dec. 23, 1924. r 1,520,528 L. C. BROOKS CONTAINER CLOSURE Filed Nov. 25, 1921 INVENTOR 1 closures.

Patented Dec. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS C. BROOKS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL PAPER CAN COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

CONTAINER CLOSURE.

Application filed November 25, 1921. Serial No. 517,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS C. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Container Closures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to container The object of the invention is to produce a simple and cheap closure which may be readily opened by the consumer. The closure is completed by means of an adhesive strip or tape which seals the joint be- 1 tween the lid and the container body. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention,

Figure l is a side elevation, partly'in section, and

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the ad-.

hesive strip partly removed. Referring to the preferred form of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the

container has a body portion 1 and a lid 2. While the lid may be applied to the'container body in different ways, in the drawings the lid is illustrated as a snap closure Iitting against an internal annular seat S. This annular seat 3 is formed bybending the material of the body downwardly and inwardly and back upon itself to form the seat 3 shown inthe drawings. This frictional- 1y holds the closure 2 when it is snapped in position. The joint around the edge of the closure 2 is sealed by means of an adhesive strip or tape 4. This strip may be made of any suitable material impregnated or coated with a suitable adhesive. The usual cloth tape impregnated with a rubber solution is found to be satisfactory, particularly for use with cans made'of paper impreg natedwith paraifine. The rubberized tape readily sticks to the paraifine surface. The tape not only assists in holding the lid 2 in place, but forms an air tight seal over the joint between the lid and the can body. It is tobe understood that'the present-invention is not limited to its illustrated embodiment, but may be otherwise embodied within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: 1. -A container having a parafline impregnated paper body and a paraifine in1- pregnated closure, and a tape having an adhesive substance thereon which will ad- LEWIS o. BROOKS. 

